H.E.R.O. Is Back – A homage to H.E.R.O with new levels for the C64

by Indie Retro News | Sep 12, 2025 | 1980s, 1990s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Sometime back we mentioned the classic game of H.E.R.O was being overhauled for the C64 as a vastly superior version of a classic game that was first released way back in the 1980’s for the Atari 800/2600, 7800, ColecoVision, C64, C128, and ZX Spectrum. Sadly it...

Cyberpunk Run-and-Gun Neon Inferno Delayed Until November 20, 2025

by Old School Gamer | Sep 11, 2025 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Press Release

Philadelphia, PA – September 11, 2025 – Independent games publisher Retroware and developer Zenovia Interactive have announced a new release date for their upcoming cyberpunk run-and-gun title, Neon Inferno. Originally slated for October 2, the game will now launch...

Sega Dreamcast Birthday Sale

by Old School Gamer | Sep 9, 2025 | 1990s, 2000s, Press Release

On September 9, 1999, the Sega Dreamcast launched in North America and forever changed the gaming landscape. More than two decades later, the Dreamcast is still alive thanks to indie developers who continue to create new titles and thanks to publishers like VGNYsoft,...

Pengo – A classic Arcade game from 1982 has arrived on the MSX 2

by Indie Retro News | Sep 8, 2025 | 1980s, 1990s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Way back in 1982, Coreland published by Sega released the Arcade game of ‘Pengo’, A maze like game in which playing as a penguin, you must survive each round by eliminating all Sno-Bees and Sno-Bee eggs with sliding blocks, while optionally lining up the...

A Mortal Kombat II AGA project for the Amiga via Scorpion Engine is in the works!

by Indie Retro News | Sep 6, 2025 | 1980s, 1990s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Trawling through Facebook looking for some fresh Wednesday news, and I’ve just found out through the Scorpion Engine Facebook page, that RetroRic (Wardner) is working on a Mortal Kombat II AGA project. A new development that is being created using Earok’s...

by Old School Gamer | Sep 1, 2025 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Press Release

The AVGN is back… in 8-bits!! Experience the ULTIMATE NERD RAGE in Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit! The all-new action platformer set in the AVGN universe is coming soon for ALL modern platforms and the ACTUAL NES.   The modern version from Program Ancer, features...